Readings, signings, and other events vaguely literary for Friday, July 17, 2009

eliminationists

1:00 PM – Zinery 101 Workshop
SPL Capitol Hill Branch
“A zine is a self-published magazine. Learn the basics and make your own zine with Lucy Morehouse of Ong Ong Press. For ages 12-adult. Limited to 20 people. Please pre-register with the branch.” (SPL)
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7:30 PM – David Neiwert: The Eliminationists: Hate Talk and the Radical Right
Elliott Bay Book Co.
Neiwert owns the political blog Orcinus, on which he tracks and documents right-wing, eliminationist speech. If you, like I, live under a shiny rock, and don’t know what an eliminationist is, I’ve looked it up for you: eliminationists are people who advocate the murder/assassination of those who don’t agree with them, e.g. Hal Turner, a right-wing radio talk show host and blogger, who was recently arrested by the FBI for advocating the murder of three Circuit Court judges who upheld a ruling banning handguns in Chicago. Not only did Turner actively incite violence, he publicly posted photographs, phone numbers, and addresses of the justices, along with a map to the building they work in. (Note: Don’t look to Neiwert for concrete answers to address bigotry and hate speech; for that, go to Give Me Liberty, by Naomi Wolf, a wonderful guide to becoming a modern revolutionary.)
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